Author

HELCOM RED LIST Biotope Expert Team

Textual description

Baltic bottoms in the aphotic zone with at
least 90 % coverage of sand. Sand has less than 20 % of mud/silt/clay
fraction (<63 µm), and the proportion of sand (grain size 0.063–2 mm)
exceeds 70% of the combined gravel and sand fraction. No macro- epi- or infauna.